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Behind-the-scenes at the Consumer Electronic Show

The Consumer Electronic Show (CES) allows vendors and developers to showcase and release technology that is coming out soon or was recently released.

Held annually in Las Vegas, there were more than 150,000 people that attended the CES showcase.

Signage for companies, products and booths could be found throughout Las Vegas.

Companies went above-and-beyond to make their booths unique.

The Epix adventure cam was just one of many small, rugged and portable cameras showing off their latest HD cams.

In addition to the Epix, the company was also showing off their wireless surveillance systems.

The size of audio speakers are getting smaller. These are for "speaker bars".

Surprisingly, these speaker bars sounded really amazing. Gangam Style by Psy was on a constant loop in the booth.

3D printing was also on display. This printer was about the size of an Xbox and outputting fully functional wrenches and gears.

3D printing display. Take a look at the table.

Wireless audio had a huge presence at the convention. Here are some small Bluetooth speakers from BEM designed to connect to your phone.

This is a three-speaker unit from BEM designed to work with your Bluetooth phone.

This small speaker plugs into your wall outlet and uses wireless tech to fill your house with sound.

Wearable tech is going to be huge, eventually. This company makes a wearable smart watch that will sync with an iPhone.

One of the models displaying the smart watch.

One of the smart watch demo units.

Apps specifically designed for kids were on display. This app allows users to quickly create animations.

One of the demonstrators of the cartoon app created a simple animation of a ball bouncing in roughly 20 seconds.

Wowwee showed this art iPad dock for kids.

Users can use the cutouts at the top to paint, stamp or draw in the app.

Believe it or not, this robot was printed using a 3D printer. It feels like granite because it was printed with gypsum. The colors were embedded during the printing process.

During this demonstration, users were getting ready to print a bust of a participant.

The idea from this particular company is that you will no longer need to wait at a toy store, because you'll be able to print your own toys at home.

A look at one of the larger 3D printers. It's using a laser to melt the tiny bits of plastic to a solid, layer-by-layer.

A miniature Statue of Liberty being printed.

Ready for robot combat? These robots have interchangeable weapons and shoot foam projectiles at each other.

The robots use a simple controller to engage in combat.

The inventor of the robot toy posted a prototype to YouTube that was seen by thousands, including a company that would later put his invention into production.

There were hundreds of booths dedicated to cases for smart-devices. The Flygrip was one of the more unique options.

Flygrip has a tiny clip that keeps your SmartPhone attached to your hand.

Vinci was one of the many tablet options for kids. This model is an Android device that has a custom skin on top specifically made for children. The case not only protects the device, but also allows kids to grab it easily.

Vinci has a number of apps geared toward educating kids.

The next step for a lot of the wearable cameras is to stream over the web in real-time and capture in full 1080p.

This cam is about the size of a roll of quarters and streams live video through Ustream.com while capturing it in HD.

4k television sets were also a highlight of CES. The sizes of the televisions are larger and offer better resolution.

Panasonic and other TV manufactures had very large display areas.

LG had an enormous 3D display at the front of their booth.

The crowd gathering to watch the 3D LG display.

Ultra-HD and OLED were also big draws for television sets.

Remote of the future? Yes. There aren't any numbers for channels. The remote also functions like a Wii-mote.

Android apps, thanks to the motion remote and Android OS, are now fully functional on some TVs.

OLEDs have pictures you really have to see in person to understand the quality. Keep your eyes open next time you head to the store.

Wireless audio continues to be a trend seen at CES.

This particular brand is able to connect to your existing sound system and enable streaming music from your iTunes/computer.

Nikon showed their lenses using this mock lab full of carefully considered lighting.

Nikkor lenses on a pedestal.

The guts of a pro camera.

The guts of a pro camera.

GoPro displayed the latest Hero 3 action camera.

The gathering around the GoPro booth was huge. The company gave away shirts, hats, cameras and, occasionally, a gift bag containing every product the company currently makes.

A car in the GoPro booth covered in cameras.

There were several GoPro cameras on display, and it appeared that a few also disappeared with the very large crowd.

The constant chanting of "GoPro" by the crowd for free gear was repetitive, but it got the attention of CES attendees.

Intel's booth was bathed in blue.

An Intel/Windows 8 tablet running a game.

An impressive display that used laptops to create a vortex of light.

Another photo from the Intel booth.

Booths tried just numerous approaches to get attendees to pay attention. This booth used a game show.

Huawei, a Chinese smartphone manufacturer, showed off their latest "phablet". A "phablet" is a phone that is almost the size of a tablet. This one has a six-inch screen.

Portable gaming tablets also had a large presence at CES.

The Edge gaming tablet can be used by itself or connected to a TV.

Attendees were encouraged to get hands-on with all the products.

The next time you see footage from a sporting event, it could contain some angles from a quad-copter.

More wearable action cameras.

Wearable action cameras are getting smaller.

iRobot displayed their commercial and non-commercial products.

The packbot from iRobot is generally for tactical applications.

TazTag showed E-security for mobile transactions using bio-metrics.

One of the many toy/gadget themed booths.

Shower radio not shaped like a shower? Yes at CES.

One of the many quad-copters. This one is roughly six-inches across.

Another quad-copter with a video camera.

This quad-copter was the smallest we saw at CES. You can barely see it in the photo hovering above the crowd.

Need power? Nectar provides power to SmartPhones needing a charge using butane.

Each nectar cartridge can recharge a standard SmartPhone up to 14 times.

These cube timers are easy to use. Just put the number you want up and it will start to countdown.

One of the many consumer electronic case manufactures.

Wireless internet without wi-fi? This product allows you to have Internet in another room over your electrical outlets.

Wireless internet without wi-fi? This product allows you to have internet in another room over your electrical outlets.

This case allowed you to have a camera that rotates on your iPhone.

This case is soft, but gets hard when dropped or hit to help protect your device. G-Form is the case maker.

Booths will do whatever it takes to get people to watch. This extreme cyclist showed his skills in front of the G-Form case booth.

Waterproofing and protecting phones was a huge theme of the show.

Waterproofing and protecting phones was a huge theme of the show.

Waterproofing and protecting phones was a huge theme of the show.

The USPS even had a booth for shipping solutions.

Nvidia showed off their cloud-gaming solution.

Nvidia's cloud-gaming solution allowed users to play games from tablets, TVs, computers and web browsers.

A controller at the Nvidia booth.

Nvidia tech is also being placed inside of cars.

Nvidia has traditionally made graphics cards and chip sets related to gaming/computing. The company is now transitioning to powering devices in other realms.

The Nvidia booth.

Next time you're in a power outage, this portable smartphone charger and radio may come in hand.

Next time you're in a power outage, this portable smartphone charger and radio may come in hand.

A beautiful Aston Martin at the show.

A beautiful Aston Martin at the show.

Headsets at the show.

Coming to multiple markets, this device will allow you to get over-the-air programming on your iOS device.

Coming to multiple markets, this device will allow you to get over-the-air programming on your iOS device.